Tevfik Ekiz

Dr. Tevfik Ekiz is Associate Professor (Dr. Öğretim Üyesi) of German at Çankaya University, Ankara, where he has taught in the Modern Languages Unit since 1998. After earning a B.A. in Foreign Language Education from Hacettepe University (1991) and an M.A. from Gazi University (1994), he completed a Ph.D. in Western Languages & Literatures at Ankara University in 2002.

Education:

• Ph.D., Western Languages & Literatures, Ankara University, 2002
• M.A., Foreign Language Education, Gazi University, 1994
• B.A., Foreign Language Education, Hacettepe University, 1991

Research Interests: His scholarship focuses on German philology, Turkish-German comparative literature, reception aesthetics and intertextuality. He has published extensively on authors such as Kafka, Thomas Mann and Emine Sevgi Özdamar, and on socio-linguistic debates surrounding English as a medium of instruction in Turkish universities.

Publications Trend: Recent articles explore cinematic adaptations of Kafka, pandemic-era readings of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, and left-wing political motifs in the works of Emine Sevgi Özdamar, reflecting a sustained interest in intercultural reception and narrative theory.

Awards & Recognition:

• İhsan Doğramacı Superior Achievement Award, Hacettepe University, 1991

Teaching & Service: Dr. Ekiz has delivered over 250 course sections of German and English language at Çankaya University since the early 2000s and served on university strategic-planning and Bologna-coordination committees.